to gather, receive, remove, gather in

1. (Qal)

   1. to gather, collect

   2. to gather (an individual into company of others)

   3. to bring up the rear

   4. to gather and take away, remove, withdraw

2. (Niphal)

   1. to assemble, be gathered

   2. (pass of Qal 1a2)

      1. to be gathered to one's fathers

      2. to be brought in or into (association with others)

   3. (pass of Qal 1a4)

      1. to be taken away, removed, perish

3. (Piel)

   1. to gather (harvest)

   2. to take in, receive into

   3. rearguard, rearward (subst)

4. (Pual) to be gathered

5. (Hithpael) to gather oneself or themselves

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

3. the people of the region

   proper masculine noun

4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5. father of Jephthah

6. a Gadite

to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against

1. (Qal)

   1. to decline

   2. to encamp

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Mizpah = "watchtower"

1. a place in Gilead north of Jabbok and location of Laban's cairn

2. a place in Gilead south of Jabbok; site unknown

3. a place near Mount Hermon

4. an old sacred place in Benjamin

Ammon = "tribal"

1. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

to cry, cry out, call, cry for help

1. (Qal)

   1. to cry, cry out (for help)

   2. to cry, cry out (in distress or need)

   3. to make outcry, clamour

2. (Niphal) to be summoned

3. (Piel) to cry aloud (in grief)

4. (Hiphil) to call together